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Turkish (private) jet down in Iran

A few news agencies are reporting that a Turkish private jet has crashed in Iran, between 11-20 people feared dead. Routed Sharjah to Istanbul. Operator and type of aircraft not known at moment.

Possibly a Challenger 604, registration TC-TRB.

Turkish media reports that the plane belonged to businessman Huseyin Basaran.

Basaran's daughter Mina was supposedly onboard with some friends after a bachelorette party for her in the UAE.

Social media postings in this article from the Turkish media:

https://www.sozcu.com.tr/2018/dunya/...gn=ilgilihaber

According to Turkish press reports, the owner`s daughter was returning from a hen party in Dubai and all on board were female, including an all female flight crew. The aircraft, a Challanger, crashed in mountainous terrain in SW Iran.

Very sad story.... Quite unusual with jets crashing from cruise level, cabin decompression?

CP

A number of foreign news agencies are reporting that according to witnesses in the vicinity of the crash, the aircraft was seen coming down in flames.

This is not exactly unheard of in witness reports of other accidents, and usually unrelated to reality. May be that there is some confirmation bias involved.

Flightradar24 was able to find altitude (but not position) data for the flight.

Looks like level flight at FL360 possibly followed by some sort of upset.

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Originally Posted by Airbubba (Post 10080416)

Flightradar24 was able to find altitude (but not position) data for the flight.

Looks like level flight at FL360 possibly followed by some sort of upset.

https://twitter.com/flightradar24/st...87776818532353

Upset, or emergency descent below the grid MORA. Looks fairly steady

What is the data column just to the left of the altitude?

The Iranian CAO has published a first news in Persian.

Google translate:

Quote:

On the afternoon of Sunday, 20/12/1396, a Challenger 60 jet airliner, registered in Turkey, registered TC-TRB from the Sharjah airport in the United Arab Emirates to the Atatürk airport in Istanbul, in the UT430 air route, fades off the radar plate And collapsed in the Zagros Mountains surrounding Shahrekord.

This flight arrived in the Islamic Republic of Iran at 16:59 local time and suffered an accident at around 18:09 local time. According to the pilots of the pilot with the control center of the country, the pilot asked for a drop in height due to a technical problem, which during the reduction of height of 32 thousand feet, while the speed dropped, disappeared from the radar screen. According to information received by the Turkish company, it has 3 crew members and eight passengers. The nationality of two Spanish passengers and the rest of the citizens are Turkish nationals. The cooperation between the two Iranian and Turkish civil aviation organizations has been initiated from the early hours of the accident investigation and the coordination of the search and rescue by the Civil Aviation Organization. Responsibility for the accident investigation is in accordance with international regulations with the Iranian Civil Aviation Organization, and the countries of the Republic of Turkey, as airplanes and the Canadian Aircraft Designer and Manufacturer, can apply for assistance in the accident investigation process in accordance with the Chicago Convention and its appendices.

A year before..... https://avherald.com/h?article=4a5e80f3

Black box now recovered, unfortunately no surviours. Picture of wreckage on mountain here:

Turkey's crashed plane still in flames

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Originally Posted by Fly.Buy (Post 10080647)

Picture of wreckage on mountain here:
Turkey's crashed plane still in flames

The picture is that of a Boeing Vertol (probably a CH-47) NOT the accident aircraft.

Quote:

Originally Posted by andrasz (Post 10080655)

The picture is that of a Boeing Vertol (probably a CH-47) NOT the accident aircraft.

Well spotted andrasz !!
Obviously the publication is using some sort of stock photo then.

The Iranian Red Crescent Organization (IRCS) reported that it sent 10 rescue teams to the site of the crash of a Turkish private aircraft shortly after the incident.
The black box of a private Turkish passenger aircraft was found on Monday.
Search teams faced difficulties in reaching the place, because it was a mountainous region.
Local residents of the region found 8 bodies of 11 people aboard the aircraft in the Durk region of Anari Kiyar.
According to the Turkish media, the pilot in his last contact with the control demanded an urgent landing after the departure of the aircraft, and this request was registered.

Here is a link to the latest pictures of the crash site and the rescue operations .

https://www.ilnanews.com/%D8%A8%D8%A...A7%D8%B1%DB%8C

Oh dear....that is a real mess.....not much of anything left at all....